REDD+ on the rocks? Conflict over forest and politics of justice in Vietnam

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Sikor, Thomas and Cầm, Hoàng (2016) REDD+ on the rocks? Conflict over forest and politics of justice in Vietnam. Human Ecology, 44 (2). pp. 217-227. ISSN 0300-7839

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Abstract

In Vietnam, villagers involved in a REDD+ (reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) pilot protect areas with rocks which have barely a tree on them. The apparent paradox indicates how actual practices differ from general ideas about REDD+ due to ongoing conflict over forest, and how contestations over the meaning of justice are a core element in negotiations over REDD+. We explore these politics of justice by examining how the actors involved in the REDD+ pilot negotiate the particular subjects, dimensions, and authority of justice considered relevant, and show how politics of justice are implicit to practical decisions in project implementation. Contestations over the meaning of justice are an important element in the practices and processes constituting REDD+ at global, national and local levels, challenging uniform definitions of forest justice and how forests ought to be managed.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	forest,justice,politics,reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation,vietnam
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Climate Change Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Global Environmental Justice
Related URLs:	http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10745-...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	22 Apr 2016 14:00
Last Modified:	12 May 2023 00:07
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/58343
DOI:	10.1007/s10745-016-9821-1

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